The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 13, 2009

OPINION

ECONOMY: Economy headed for more pain in 2009
Going by all the available indicators, it appears that the Indian economy is clearly headed for more pain in 2009. The continuing flow of bad news on the economic front has forced the Government to announce a second stimulus package on January 2 ...

CINEMA: Slumdog who touched hearts
The spectacular success of the talented Hollywood director Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire at the Golden Globe awards, where both the film director and its music director, A. R. Rahman, walked away with the coveted ...

ECONOMY: How did China reduce rural poverty?
The Chinese case has often been cited as an example of how rapid GDP growth is associated with poverty reduction. Yet in fact it illustrates quite sharply the crucial importance of growth in agricultural incomes for poverty reduction, in a ...

EDITORIAL: Inflation calmed, not beaten
With the rate of inflation declining steadily in recent weeks to touch a 10-month low of 5.91 per cent (week ended December 27), there is possibly a smug feeling in New Delhi that the price situation is fully under control. The fact is it is ...

LETTERS: Lessons from Satyam
The Satyam episode is prima facie a result of omissions and commissions of statutory auditors, the Board of Directors and the management over a prolonged period. All their roles obviously need deep investigation. Equally, ...

LETTERS: Voter awareness
The article “Creating voter awareness’ (Business Line, January 12) has rightly remarked that “Genuine democracy calls for the involvement of citizens, not just in casting the ballots once in a while but ...

Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrashekhar • S Murlidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranabir Ray Choudhury • Rasheeda Bhagat • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh • S Venkitaramanan

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